The Assignment Of necessity, the instructions for this assignment are somewhat vague. Each student will have to explore different resources and will need to develop an individual approach to the subject. The goal is a detailed exploration of a social or environmental issue impacting our world today.
Length The minimum length for this assignment is EIGHT to TEN pages, very short for a research paper. If you cannot stretch your material to this minimum, you don't have enough material or—more likely—aren’t examining it closely enough. Believe it or not, the chief reason people run out of things to say is that they have defined their topics too broadly. A narrow, tightly focused topic will allow you to get specific and dig into the finer shades of the topic, and finding enough to write about will be no problem. Avoid vague generalizations.
Rubric The research essay will be graded according to the following rubric: 10 Organization 10 Sentence Fluency 10 Conventions 10 Ideas 10 Citations/Works Cited Page 10 MLA Format/3rd person
60 Total
Due Dates:
28 January: Detailed Proposal
3 February: Annotated Bibliography
7 February: Outline
11 February: Rough Draft #1—at least SIX pages
15 February: Rough Draft #2—Complete draft!
18 February: Final Draft due
notes: all assignments must be typed and thePDF of the assignment abovemust be attached to the back of your final draft The online edition of World Book Encyclopedia should provide good background information for your topic.
The password is available in the library.
Use the Digital Pipeline to find online resources on your topic. Necessary passwords are available in the library.
When searching in a database...
• Try Resources for Students > College
• Try Categories > Reference Suite@ Facts.com (Try Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, and World News Digest)
Bibliography click here to link to get to citation generators and links about creating a bibliography for your research project.
Social/Environmental Issue Research Paper
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The AssignmentOf necessity, the instructions for this assignment are somewhat vague. Each student will have to explore different resources and will need to develop an individual approach to the subject. The goal is a detailed exploration of a social or environmental issue impacting our world today.
Length
The minimum length for this assignment is EIGHT to TEN pages, very short for a research paper. If you cannot stretch your material to this minimum, you don't have enough material or—more likely—aren’t examining it closely enough. Believe it or not, the chief reason people run out of things to say is that they have defined their topics too broadly. A narrow, tightly focused topic will allow you to get specific and dig into the finer shades of the topic, and finding enough to write about will be no problem. Avoid vague generalizations.
Rubric
The research essay will be graded according to the following rubric:
10 Organization
10 Sentence Fluency
10 Conventions
10 Ideas
10 Citations/Works Cited Page
10 MLA Format/3rd person
60 Total
Due Dates:
28 January: Detailed Proposal
3 February: Annotated Bibliography
7 February: Outline
11 February: Rough Draft #1—at least SIX pages
15 February: Rough Draft #2—Complete draft!
18 February: Final Draft due
notes: all assignments must be typed and the PDF of the assignment above must be attached to the back of your final draft
The online edition of World Book Encyclopedia should provide good background information for your topic.
The password is available in the library.
Use the Digital Pipeline to find online resources on your topic. Necessary passwords are available in the library.
When searching in a database...
• Try Resources for Students > College
• Try Categories > Reference Suite @ Facts.com (Try Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, and World News Digest)
Bibliography click here to link to get to citation generators and links about creating a bibliography for your research project.